Document type : Written answer from the European Commission
Authors: Question: Eleonora Evi (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission
Answer in French (translation): The Commission has not received any information on the 'national quality system for animal welfare' mentioned by the Honourable Member. It is therefore unable to comment on its content at this stage.
The Commission is in contact with the Italian authorities on their action plan to comply with the requirement to ban systematic docking. In addition, as part of the "farm to table" strategy, the Commission will review all EU legislation on animal welfare, including that of pigs, and will consider an initiative on animal welfare labelling.
